Collapsible dressing compartment



Sept. 5, 1933. c $|NN|NG 1,925,467

COLLAPSIBLE DRESSING COMPAHTMENT Filed Feb. 9, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. 5, 1933. c. SINNING COLLAPSIBLE DRESSING COMPARTMENT Filed Feb. 9, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Z5 ig/ale fiIL/Liil Sept. 5, 1933. c. SINNING 1,925,467

COLLAPS TBLE DRES S ING COMPARTMENT Filed Feb. 9, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3' I .F Q /U Ll! VF. n C HV l l l 1 g 31 7 W 32 I, l? 32 j 13 31 32 swue/rdoic Clyde Sin/wiry my 4 7tLtboz/n0 Patented Sept. 5, 1933 UNlTED STATES 1,925,467 COLLAPSIBLE DRESSING COMPARTMENT Clyde Sinning, Elkhart, Ind. Application February 9, 1932. Serial No. 591.880 10, Claims. (01. 135- The primary object of my'invention is to provide a novel dressing compartment so constructed that a removable shelf may be used with it when desired and which is therefore convenient for 5 the various uses for which it is intended.

Another object of my invention is to provide a collapsible dressing compartment of suitable construction so that it can be quickly and easily erected or collapsed by one person, and which when collapsed can be carried or stored in the smallest possible space.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a dressing compartment at a bathing beach adapted to avoid wholly the danger of contagion of athlete's foot. I

It is also an object of my invention to provide the novel combination and arrangement of parts disclosed in the accompanying drawings and to provide novel means for securing the structure.

in erected position and to permit of 'its being readily collapsed.

I attain'theseand other objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying'drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is aperspective View of the invention erected for use, a portion of the fabric covering being cut away to show the interior structure;

Fig. 2 is a partial end view of the fra'meshown in Fig. 1 folded, with the cover removed and therebeneath a side elevation of same in collapsed position with the'spring hooks fastened to the frame;

Fig. 3 is a detail view of one'of the three cor' ners having a bent end, showing how this bent end is shaped;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the fourth corner which is detachable to permit of collapsing the frame, this corner also showing oneof the legs by which the" structure is anchored in place; Y

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a corner (there being two such corners) having one of the fiat bars bent to form a ninety-degree elbow so that when the device is folded one half of the frame will be thrown away from the other half far enough .toiallow the two halves of the frame to fold parallel, as shown in the upper illustration of Fig. 2;

shelf adapted for use with my invention;

, partment the bars 'are hingedly 'orpivotally con- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a collapsible.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section of one of the joints A used in the columns; I

Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-'-9 of Fig. 8; p

' Fig. 10 is a side elevation of an improved and modified form of my invention;

Fig. 11 is a detail section on line Fig. 10; r v

Fig. 12 is a detail side elevation of one of the brackets and hinged braces;

Fig. 13 is a detail view of the-brace.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views. V l

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide bars'2, 3, 4 and 5 and on bars 3 and 5 are mounted the four telescopic posts 1 at the upper end of which are mounted'similar bars 2, 3, 4 and 5 which form the frame work of the compartment. 'I' provide a suitable fabric covering 7 suitably fastened to the bars 2, 3, 4 and 5 as by cover fasteners 6. Mounted on'the lower set of bars are. suitable pointed rods 8 which may be pushed into the ground to prevent the compartment from being easily overturned.

As shown in Fig. 3, at three corners of the comnected by the bolts9 and are spaced by the threesixteenth inch-spacers 10 which are used to pro vide room for the cover fasteners. The ends of the bars are providedwith over-lapping projectmg tongues 11 which engage the outer edge of the contiguous bar. and prevent the bars from being swung to more than a'90 degree angle relative to each other.

At the'zfourth corner, as illustrated in Fig. 4,1 provide a slot 12 to. engage under and around a portion of the head screw 13 as illustrated and by'which the frame work is readily fastened in or disengaged from its assembled position. At one corner on each set of the framework sections there is provided a bent end portion 14 as shown, in Fig. 5, this construction beingprovided so that when folded one-half of the frame will be thrown away from the otherhalf, far enough to allow the two halves ofthe frame to fold parallel as shown inithe top View of Fig. 2. At this joint also there is provided the three-sixteenth inch spacer 10 and this bar also .is providedwith projecting outer tongues 11 to prevent the joint from opening more than 90 degrees.

As shown in Fig. 6, I may provide a collapsible shelf 15. .It is fastened to the posts 1 by suitable brackets 16 and by braces 17 which are remov tube has six sections, three sections 26 remaining straight and three sections 25 formed to have theprojections, as shown in Fig, 9, which project out far enough so that the-outsidedimension is' a few thousandths of an inch larger; thani-the- 1n collapsed position, telescopic columns connectinside dimension of the tubes they slip into, thus making 'a tigh-tf-slip fit after'the washer 27 is slipped in the bottom end and the three straight sections 26 soldered-to-washer 2'7. Thethree-sections with theprojections .25 must'haveaspring- I ing elfect which naturally causes a -slight' end motionand'in not soldering these'rthreeasectionsto the washer this operation is made possiblei- I-also provide asleeve 28soldered higher up on :3 the inner tube. The guide sleeve 28' takes the strain off the sections, and the-topsleeve 28 also acts as a stopwhenpulled =-vagainstthe sleeve- 29 which is soldered in the end of the-outside-tube; as shown in Fi-gfiS-Z] v Referring to Figs; 10-13; there is illustrated an 5' improved-*brac'e t o' pivoted at 31 to the'bracket 13 in pla'eof-tlie brace 21'. Thisbrace'is'pro vide'd with a laterally bent'end 32 which'in turn-is provided with'a slot 33 to engagethecorrespondis ing-brace 30'hing'e'd from the adiacentcolumn, the slcitte'd ends of the respective braces-being: res verselv bent so as toforma self 'lock of one'brace' on the other.

When the compartmentzisnot Fin use sit can be foId'ed idto cOmpact form by releasing-"the screws 13-and-foldingthe bars 2, 3;. 4 and 5'--in the man:- ner' shown in Fig. 2 and securingi them-with spring-hooks 36,- as shown in Fig. 2; and telescoping the'co'lumnsl' within eachzother; thusperm'it tingi'o'f folding: the frame work 'of the compart inent into 'a: compact ibund-lel'f It is within the contempl'ationi'of, my invention to provide a detachable -top cover-34 and a detachable floor 35 so that the device canbe sold '5: either with or without the topicoverior floor.

this, can be' accomplished by suit'abl cover'fast eners 'such as the narrow-tapes'--'6 sewed to the cover and Jusedi'as ties or by other suitablem'eans :3 such as z-ipperswsnap' =fasteners or. buttons not shownl What -I .c1aim-i's: i 1. Ina collapsible compartment" of the class described," the combihation 'of four-telescopic corner columns; eaelrofthe se'ctions 'ofthe afore- Q said telescopici columns havingat-one enda self supporting jointg ax-foldabletop section-to which theupper ends or the columns 'are attached at points slightly spaced 'from'ithe corners, foldable bottom columns are" affixed, the columns being positioned adjacent the corners of the sections, brackets mounted on the"aforesa-id=*columns-and braces hingedlyconnected-to. said brackets and of suitable length so ,-that-'thelr 1ower ends will iv engage the ground or floor.

Each section of tubing is enough'flsmaller foldable lower cons.

'* The cover'istob'e closedwheh not 'in use and 7 bottom section to which the;-=lower"'ends 'of the supporting section for insertion in the ground to anchor the structure.

3. A collapsible compartment comprising a ting of four hingedly connected bars, an upper section consisting of four hingedly connected bars, each of said sections havingicnebar with'a' right angle bend to permit of folding the bars flat against each other when ing the two sectionssaid columns engaging the top and bottom sections at points spaced from the corners thereof and adapted to support a fabric covering secured to the upper section so that the structure can be collapsed without removing the cover.

4. A collapsible compartment comprising a foldable lower-section consisting of four hingedly connected bars, an upper section consisting. of four hingedly connected bars, each of said sections having one bar with a right angle bend to permit of folding the bars flat against each other when in collapsed position, telescopic columns connecting the two sections andadapted to support'a fabric covering secured to the upper section so that the structure can be collapsed without movingthe cover, three of the bars of the upper. and lower sections, each having a projecting downwardly extending tongue engaging over the adjacent bar to prevent openingthe frames more than 90 degrees.

5. In a collapsible compartment of the class described, the combination. ofa hingedly'com nected set of bars forming abottom supporting section, a second set of hingedly connecting bars forming atop supporting section, and adapted to support'a'fabric cover extended from the upper set of bars, telescoping columns afiixed to the lower set of bars and supporting the upper. set of bars to form the frame work for the compartment, the hinged joints of each of the respective sections having spacers positioned therein toflpermit of folding the sections together without interfering with the fasteners securing the cover to. the sections.

6. Inacollapsible compartment of the class described, the combination of a hingedly connectedset of bars forming a bottom supporting section, a second set of hingedly connecting bars forming a top supporting section, and adapted to support afabric cover extended-from the upper set of bars, telescoping columns affixed to the lower set of bars and supporting the upper set of bars'to form the frame work for the compartment, brackets on the respective columns, braces hingedly mounted to said brackets, said braces each having a laterally bent slottedend adapted to "interlock with a similar brace to brace the structure in its assembled position. V

7. In a collapsible compartment of the class described, the combination of four telescopic supporting columns, each of the sections of the aforesaid telescopic columns having at one end a selfsupporting joint, a foldable' top section to which the upper ends of the columns are attached; a fololable bottom section to which the lower ends of 0 the columns are aflixed, the columns being positioned at points only slightly spaced from the corners of the sections and laterally thereof to permit of convenient assembling and disassembling of the structure. I

8. In a collapsible dressing compartment, the combination of four telescopic columns, each of the sections of the aforesaid telescopic columns having at one end a self-locking and self-support ing joint, a laterally foldable top section to which the upper ends of the columns are attached, a laterally foldable bottom section to which the lower ends of the bottom columns are afiixed, the columns being positioned adjacent to and offset from the corners of the sections.

the other.

' 9.'In combination with the apparatus defined in claim 8, pointed legs mounted on the bottom side of the bottom supporting section for insertion in'the ground to anchor the structure, and braces hingedly connected to the lower sections of the columns and of suitable length to engage the ground or floor in spaced relation to the foldable bottom section.

10. In combination with the apparatus defined in claim 8, brackets attached to the telescopic columns, braces pivotally attached to the brackets, said braces having laterally bent ends, said ends being slotted to form a self-lock of one brace on CLYDE SINNING. 

